Arrange the following finance ministers of India in chronological order from early to latest.
(A) Morarji Desai
(B) Arun Jaitley
(C) C.D Deshmukh
(D) R. Venkataraman
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) Morarji Desai
(B) Arun Jaitley
(C) C.D Deshmukh
(D) R. Venkataraman
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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- (C), (D), (A), (B)
- (A), (C), (D), (B)
- (A), (C), (B), (D)
- (C), (A), (D), (B)
The Correct Option is D
Solution and Explanation
This question focuses on Indian political history, requiring the chronological ordering of the tenures of key Union Finance Ministers.
Step 3: Detailed Explanation:
Let us review the tenures of each listed minister:
- (C) Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh (C.D. Deshmukh): He served as the Finance Minister of India from 1950 to 1956, after serving as the first Indian Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
- (A) Morarji Desai: He held the office of Finance Minister across multiple terms, first from 1958 to 1963, and later during the late 1960s and 1970s.
- (D) Ramaswamy Venkataraman (R. Venkataraman): He served as the Finance Minister from 1980 to 1982 in the Indira Gandhi cabinet, and later served as the 8th President of India.
- (B) Arun Jaitley: He served as the Finance Minister of India from 2014 to 2019 in the first Narendra Modi cabinet.
Arranging them in chronological order from earliest to latest:
\[ \text{C.D. Deshmukh (C)} \rightarrow \text{Morarji Desai (A)} \rightarrow \text{R. Venkataraman (D)} \rightarrow \text{Arun Jaitley (B)} \]
Step 4: Final Answer:
The correct chronological sequence is (C), (A), (D), (B).
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